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Baby Bulb. General Electric introduced "the world's smallest" photographic flashbulb (1½ in. long, ¼ in. diameter), the M2, less than half the size of the company's midget No. 5 bulb. The new bulb is effective up to 15 feet, will be available next spring for 10?, or 3? less than...
Sikorsky asked one French aviator to name the best aircraft engine of the day. "They are all bad!" the Frenchman cried. Sikorsky modified the question. "Which is the least bad?" The Frenchman meditated and answered: "The one with the smallest number of parts, for the parts are all bad, too." Sikorsky forthwith bought a 25-h.p., three-cylinder Anzani engine, took it back to Kiev, and began building a flying machine himself in his father's backyard summerhouse. It was a rude helicopter. It snorted, flapped, and vibrated, but stayed stubbornly on the ground. To Sikorsky's delight, however...
...British Empire's ties that bind loosened a little more last week. Ceylon, smallest of the dominions, decided not to fly the British Union Jack or to play God Save the Queen at official functions. Ceylonese have a flag of their own and their own Anthem, Namo Namo Matha (Hail, Hail, Mother...
Marie Dionne, 19, last-born, smallest and shyest of the famed quintuplets, said farewell to Papa and Mama Dionne in Callander, Ont., left for Quebec City to become a postulant in the convent of the Servants of the Very Holy Sacrament...
Come rain, or much less likely, come shine, Boston's election day next week will probably see one of the smallest voter turnouts in the city's history. Under the Plan A system in which representatives are chosen from the entire city, issues can no longer be personified in the clash between two men. And to make the situation even duller, there will not be a mayoralty race this year to interest voters...